Portlock, Captain Nathaniel

A Voyage Around the World [First Edition]

Captain Nathaniel Portlock. A Voyage Around the World; but More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. London: John Stockdale, 1789. First edition. 
Quarto. xii; 384pp; xi (appendix). Illustrated with 20 copper plates, including portrait frontispiece and large (approximately 25 x 32 inch) folding map (complete). Handsomely rebound in later half leather over marbled paper boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, endleaves refreshed, later custom cloth-covered slipcase.
First edition of Portlock’s narrative, detailing the first commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest. Hill 1376; Howes P 497; Sabin 64389; Wagner, Northwest Coast 738

Minor rubbing and wear to boards; bumped to lower corners; light scattered foxing, moderate uniform toning throughout; occasional dampstaining to upper edges, especially to illustrated plates; small tears to folding plates. Very good. Item #1982

Price: $15,000.00